Senior Network Specialist Security and Cisco

Senior Network Specialist with Security and Cisco – City London

Our Client urgently requires a Senior Network Specialist with heavy background in Network Security on Cisco and Microsoft.

The security and support of the company’s network is paramount.

Predominately a support role (BAU) with design of scalable solutions deliverable through projects.

Encompassing numerous technologies that benefit high-availability solutions.

This role requires a responsible individual who can design and deliver secure networking solutions.

Fast thinker who can diagnose, assist others and remediate BAU support issues.

• Work within Infrastructure team in supporting and delivering all aspect of BAU and support services
• Design, build and implement firewall solutions from perimeter to DMZ roles
• Support IPS deployment for European branches
• Develop, maintain and deliver global standards to all networking devices
• Remediate Penetration Test results
• Ensure seamless migration of network estate to newly adopted security framework

• Experience working within mission-critical environments
• Experience in operational deployments
  
  Data centre cabling and racking of equipment

• In-depth knowledge of CISCO including firewalls, switches and routing protocols
• In-depth knowledge of supporting a data centre and branch interconnectivity
• Strong technical skills are essential
• Experience of CISCO multilayer switches and routers, including 6500s
• CISCO certification, ideally CCNP
• CISCO CSM
• VLAN segregation
• McAfee HIPS, Trend Micro
• Centralised authentication service (AAA)
• Safe Net Ethernet Encryptor
• RADIUS / RSA
• Security certification (advantageous)

VLAN segregation. DMZ. VSS. Failover. OSPF. High availability.

CISCO. Palo Alto. Juniper. McAfee IPS. Safe Net. Tripwire.

This is a contract role for up to 18 months to start immediately.